Cigar-holder.



S. R. HAYDEN.

GIGAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.17. 190e.

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SAMUEL R. IIAYDEN, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed- January 17, 1908. Serial No. 411,360.

To all whom fit may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. IIAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to cigar holders and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and convenient cigar holder which is adjustable or extensible in such manner that it is capable of being readily and securely applied to any ordinary hat, whereby supply of cigars and matches may be conveniently positioned in and carried by the crown of the hat.

VJ ith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement heroin fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :MF igure 1 is an inverted sectional view of a hat, showing the cigar holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cigar holder, detached. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one end of the holder.

The cigar holder contemplated in this invention comprises a flexible and extensible body 1 in the form of a strip of spring metal such as steel, the same having applied thereto at intervals cigar holding clips 2 each of which embodies oppositely arranged spring arms adapted to clasp the cigar between them. The s ring strip or body 1 is made extensible in ength by providing the same with overlapping sections as shown at 3 and 4, one of said sections being provided with retainer lips 5 which embrace the other section and admit of a relative sliding movement between the overlapping parts as clearly shown in Fig. 3. This extensibility of the holder adapts the same to be applied to hats of, different sizes.

The extensible body of the holder is provided with forked ends (i which are adapted to be inserted behind the sweat band 7 of th'e hat, whereby the holder is retained in the hat and also properly positioned and held in a central position by the engagement between the extremities of the fork arms 6 and the l'old of the sweat band as seen in Fig. l.

In addition to the cigar clips 2, the holder is provided with a match rack 8 preferably consisting of a relatively short strip of spring metal bent into serpentine form or corrugated as shown to provide a plurality of match holding pockets, the said strip being terminally secured to the body 1 of the holder.

Instead of securing the cigar clips 2 directly to the straight body portion of thc holder, said clips may be secured to inwardly extending offsets 9 formed by bending the body 1 inward at suitable points to receive the clips. The offsets 9 position the clips 2 farther away from the crown of the hat thereby leaving ample room for the cigars to prevent the latter from rubbing against the crown.

IIaving described the invention, I claim As an article of manufacture, a holder for the purpose described, comprising a longitudinally extensible spring strip embodying overlapping and relatively slidable sections, the ends of the strip being forked to provide diverging branches adapted for insertion bcneath the sweatband ol' a hat and serving to sustain the strip in proper position, and article holding clips on said strip.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL R. IfIAYDFiN.

Ifr'itnesses O. J Wrssnn, CAROLINE W. BERGHOFF. 

